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by barnabee 6mo ago
None. People will follow any instruction presented to them when they think it will get them something they want. Mozilla’s stance here is infuriating.
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by barnabee 6mo ago
I’d be ok with an about:config switch, but given that many people will install anything, paste arbitrary text into terminals, and share their password/pin code with complete strangers for almost no reason, I think we need to stop makin
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by barnabee 6mo ago
The Wales Coast Path[0] links up with it, so (aside from the small gap in Cumbria), you can walk all the way round if you start and end at the Scottish border. There’s also the Hadrian’s Wall Path[1] that allows you to link back into a loop
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by barnabee 6mo ago
I've found that on some projects maybe 70-80% of what can be done with Sonnet 4.6 in OpenCode can be done with a cheaper model like MiMo V2 Pro or similar. On others Sonnet completely outperforms. I'm not sure why. I only find Opu
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by barnabee 6mo ago
This code matters for exactly one reason: they’re playing stupid DRM games restricting what subscriber tokens can be used for to force you to use their front ends and harnesses or buy more expensive API credits. Claude Code is strictly wors
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by barnabee 7mo ago
The block reward is firing humans and collecting ad revenue for slop
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by barnabee 7mo ago
Sorry, but I don't think cheering on OpenAI represents curiosity and excitement about technology. I'm happy for the Astral team but in my opinion, big tech especially is incompatible with curiosity and hacker ethos.
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by barnabee 7mo ago
I've not struggled to find the things I need at https://open-vsx.org (usually by searching directly within VSCodium), but then I only use it for editing things like markdown docs and presentations, LaTeX/Typst, rather
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by barnabee 7mo ago
Agree with this. I think LLMs allow more time to bring these things to the fore and more leverage to do them cost efficiently.
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by barnabee 7mo ago
It’s not that they replace the act of typing, so much as figuring out how to express the specific algorithm or data structure in a given programming language, typing that , debugging it, etc. Once I can describe something well, that’s most
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by barnabee 7mo ago
I like designing data, algorithms, and systems. I like picking the right tools for the job. I like making architectural and user interface (CLI, configuration format, GUI, whatever) decisions. Actually typing code is pretty dull. To the ext
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by barnabee 7mo ago
Not OP but I would certainly ban adding gambling "features" to other products or services. Either you can be a gambling or betting shop/platform (regulated and restricted to adults) or something else, but not both.
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by barnabee 7mo ago
I agree with most of the article, right up to the point where the assumption is that AI will make things worse . We have reached a point of complexity and short-termism where it's standard practice to shove a huge, barely tested mass
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by barnabee 7mo ago
In the UK at least, banking apps are how you give people cash when you owe them for dinner, drinks, whatever. It's also needed to authorise online payments. And for travel, location services is often used by the better banks as an alte
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by barnabee 8mo ago
> Let’s say to make it easier and better ? I hope not Better for it to grow layers that are new and exciting, accessible only to the cultures that create them (and whatever comes after) and those who make the effort to continue learning
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by barnabee 8mo ago
> You wouldn’t give them access to your personal email or bank account. Citation needed… Seriously, the number of very senior people I’ve come across who will happily share their login details (which are clearly the same everywhere) with
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by barnabee 8mo ago
It can be true (and likely is) that both: a) much more time and effort should be focused on catching and stopping the most persistent repeat offenders (sometimes by locking them up); and b) orders of magnitude too many Americans are current
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by barnabee 8mo ago
Office apps from 20 years ago looked better than office apps now.
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by barnabee 8mo ago
It's always come in handy for containers/VMs (and I assume compiling Rust, as it uses as much of every other resource as it can get it's hands on) but yeah, being able to run actually useful local LLMs on my now >4 year ol
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by barnabee 8mo ago
I still haven’t felt much urge to upgrade my 64gb MacBook Pro M1 Max. The biggest issue I have with it is macOS Tahoe. Guess I really should be checking out Asahi on it!
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by barnabee 8mo ago
Works for me in the UK
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by barnabee 8mo ago
VaaS - vibe coding as a service
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by barnabee 8mo ago
> Developers should consider that most people value things by how much they pay and if they aren't paying anything then you and your work can't have much value. Most people in most situations pay as little as they can get away
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by barnabee 8mo ago
The paid software I use is the worst software I use.
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by barnabee 8mo ago
I buy the support argument for companies. I also buy the argument that a lot of time people are actually paying for cloud storage. While I'd love to see a generic protocol for cloud or self-hosted storage that every app can sync to, I
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by barnabee 8mo ago
They know ChatGPT exists and soon enough that'll probably be enough for many use cases.
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by barnabee 8mo ago
It never made sense, it was just possible to get away with it because there's often been no alternative for many people. Good riddance to software subscriptions. I hope proprietary software goes the same way entirely. If it's triv
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by barnabee 8mo ago
3D printing (additive manufacturing) usually involves layers that tend to be a weak point. If you want something truly long lasting you might find substractive manufacturing techniques like CNC milling better. Indeed there are solutions fro
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by barnabee 8mo ago
I know product managers in particular hate it but, especially with professional software, when you gave lots of users you have to make things configurable and live with maintaining the complexity. The alternatives are alienating users or du
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by barnabee 8mo ago
Piracy is ok

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